Name:
Jacob Kurtzberg
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-802761
Unit:
338th Bomber Squadron, 96th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-02-06
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Mount Jacob Cemetery, Glenolden Pennsylvania
Plot:
B
Row:
138
Grave:
1
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lieutenant Jacob Kurtzberg, pilot of the B-17 Fortress G-75-BO - 42-38015, took off from station 138 in Snetterton Heath, Norfolk, for Romilly-sur-Seine. Above the town of Pisseleux, a mile from Villers-Cotterets, the bomber was shot down by Lt Willius Karl’s Fw190 fighter at 1043, on February 6th, 1944.